单词 | heart timber |
释义 | > as lemmasheart timber d. Chiefly North American. Designating timber made from the heartwood of a specified tree (cf. sense A. 15), as heart cypress, heart oak, etc.; similarly in heart lumber, heart timber. See also heart lath n., heart pine n. ΚΠ 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxxi. 182 There are three [sorts of lath], viz. Heart-oak, Sap-Lathes, and Deal-Lathes. 1753 in Lower Norfolk Co. Virginia Antiquary (1905) V. 125 The covering of the said Chappel to be of good heart Cypress Shingles. 1791 in C. R. Lounsbury Courthouses Early Virginia (2005) iii. 97 Made from heart lumber. 1832 6th Ann. Rep. Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Co. 97 In no instance has a piece of heart timber..given way; but several new string pieces have been inserted..where the iron rail had been suffered to rest upon the sap part of the wood. 1844 G. Emerson Johnson's Farmer's Encycl. (new ed.) 386/1 In this country firkins of heart-ash are preferred. 1858 J. H. Hammond Farmer's & Mechanic's Pract. Architect 102 The front door 2 inches thick, made of pure heart lumber. 1919 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 28 180 The bark..had been scored down one side by the Maoris, the intention being to cause the heart-timber to rot while the outer timber continued growing. 1956 D. Pratt & R. Pratt Guide Early Amer. Homes 214 The Governor's Home and Capitol (1820) is a simple, almost primitive structure,..built of oak logs covered with red heart-cypress siding. 2002 J. E. Lancaster Judge Harley & his Boys 34 The family said he chose the largest and tallest pines on his property and used only the heart lumber for the new house. 2009 T. K. Kirk Trop. Trees Florida & Virgin Islands 105 The sapwood is light brown and the heartwood a deep reddish-brown, resembling heart mahogany. < as lemmas |
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